By Mark Vester
WBA junior welterweight champ Andreas Kotelnik has very little respect for his June 27 challenger, Amir Khan. He is tired of people talking to him like Khan is the next big thing. He doesn't think much of Khan's talents and promises to punish him in the ring. If he lands his big punches, he feels that he can stop Khan quicker the Breidis Prescott did last September, which was 54-seconds of the first round.
"He's a little boy and I am going to take him back to school on June 27 and give him a painful lesson. I've got plenty of respect for him for taking the fight - because he's going to be in for a miserable night. It's going to be fun and easy for me because Khan is nothing special at all," Kotelnik told The Telegraph.
"He's got a decent punch, but I took on a supposed banger in my last fight and I took his shots all night long and still beat him. I can't really see the fight going beyond six rounds, and if I land early then I'll knock him out even quicker than Breidis Prescott did, and that only took 54 seconds."
Kotelnik says Khan did nothing in his career - other than beating up on an old man in Marco Antonio Barrera and getting knocked out in less than a minute. He doesn't even believe Khan is worthy of being a challenger for his title.
"What has Khan done apart from beating up an old man in Marco Antonio Barrera and getting knocked out by someone no one had heard of? Everyone is talking about him like he's some kind of pound for pound legend, but they won't be after I've knocked him out for the second time in his career," Kotelnik said. "To be honest, he shouldn't really be in the same ring as me, because I am an established world champion and he is just a child who has had a couple of lucky wins."
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